Category: News

Dr. Diana Cejas has been named as one of the 2024 MacDowell Fall-Winter Fellows for artists working across disciplines. She has been awarded a fellowship in Literature for her writing focused on “patient advocacy and improving communication between healthcare providers and the disability community, particularly young disabled patients of color.”...

The UNC Whole Brian Health Program (WBHP) has been awarded funding from the Health Resources and services Administration (HRSA) via a Transition for Youth with Autism and/or Epilepsy Demonstration Project. This funding award will provide $2,248,752 over the course of 5 years to expand the existing UNC Neurology Transition to...

Leading Transformation in Academic Medicine (LTAM), which provides leadership and career development opportunities, welcomes the 2024-2025 cohort.

The UNC Neuromodulation Team comes together for a retreat: celebrating a successful year of providing the very best-in-care options for patients with advanced movement disorders, while planning to pave the way to contribute to local, national, and international advancements in the field.

The August 2024 Newsletter encompassing all department news from May 2024 – August 2024. 2024 August Newsletter by UNC Neurology

New research published in the Journal of Neurology address the Association of CSF alpha-synuclein-SAA seed amplification results with clinical features of possible and probable dementia with Lewy bodies. Dr. Andrea Bozoki, UNC Neurology Division Chief for Memory and Cognitive Division was a member of the main research team behind this work....

A research team led by Priya Palta, PhD, MHS, an associate professor of neurology at the UNC School of Medicine, has found that certain Alzheimer’s disease and neurodegenerative blood biomarkers in midlife and late life had strong associations with late-life dementia.

UNC Department of Neurology is pleased to announce Dr. Suzette LaRoche’s appointment to the Carol Masters Schiller Distinguished Professorship in the UNC School of Medicine, Department of Neurology. Established in 2005, the Carol Masters Schiller Distinguished Professorship in the Department of Neurology was created to attract or retain a distinguished...

The AANEM Lifetime Achievement Award, the organization’s highest honor, recognizes members for their significant contributions to NM and EDX medicine through teaching, research, and publications. James (Chip) F. Howard, Jr., MD, has been recognized with the 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award for his substantial impact in these fields.

Featuring Myasthenia Gravis expert, Dr. James Howard, Professor of Neurology at UNC School of Medicine – Medical Stories features Myasthenia Gravis: Stacey’s Story.